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September 25, 2015 - This week marks the first visit to the U.S. by Pope Francis, who interprets the Bible as a handbook for social justice and calls the faithful to do likewise. In the latest installment of Southern Voices, we look at how religion has influenced Southern social justice leaders and their organizations.

January 31, 2013 - A gathering at historically black Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss. this week to support workers' organizing efforts at a nearby Nissan plant felt like an old-time revival meeting. Was it signaling the revival of the labor movement in the region and beyond?

March 1, 1996 - A few of the nation’s most segregated institutions — the churches — are reaching out to each other.

October 1, 1976 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 4 No.